Mouldy bee suit

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Not easy unless you wash it. Had a mouldy hood for years until I got a new suit. Couldn't wash it as it had a solid veil.
Another tip, mice love fingers of bee gloves.
 
Try soaking in a bio washing solution - for 24 hours. Then washing machine (w/o veil of course)
 
I invariably end up weith a couple of mouldy suits/gauntlets by the end of the year, I make up a bucketful of very strong hypochloride solution (a heck of a lot stronger than the supermarket bleach), leave the suit soaking in it for half an hour then chuck it in a normal 40 degree wash with standard washing powder/liquid. Comes out spotless, and before we get the usual cries of it taking the colour out of the suit - it doesn't, even after years of doing it.
 
Ordinary bleach solution worked ok for me last year - then wash.
 

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